Condiment-holder.



N. W. EU DALY.

GONDIMENT HOLDER.

APPLIGATIONIILED MAR.13, 1912 Patented Jan.6,1914.

INVENT R CONDIMENT-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

Application filed March 13, 1912. Serial No. 683,487.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NORMAN W. EU DALY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seymour, in the county of Jackson and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Condiment- Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in condiment holders and has for its object to provide a device of this character embodying new and improved features of convenience, practicability and which will be of the proper efiiciency in operation.

Another object of this invention is to provide a condiment holder providing improved means for stirring and beating the contents of the holder and also for scraping the upper and lower faces of the usual perforated top through which feed the contents.

With these and other objects in view this invention consists of the novel construction of an agitator or stirring member which is to be applied to any ordinary condiment holder and which will be durable and efficient in use and readily operated.

Referring now to the drawings: Figure 1 illustrates a side elevation of a condiment holder showing my invention as applied, Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the same showing the improved agitator in side elevation, Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a condiment holder, and Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the agitator or stirring member.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, wherein like parts are indicated by like numerals throughout the several views, the letter A indicates an ordinary condiment holder which ismade of glass or any preferred material having secured at the upper end thereof by means of screwthreads, a perforated cap B and mounted within said condiment holder is my improved agitator C. This agitator is made preferably of one piece of continuous wire which can be bent to conform with the inner surface of the condiment holder and is rotatably mounted within the center perforation formed in the cap B.

It is well known that some of the condiments in common use, notably common salt, are hygroscopic to such a degree that they will become so moist during humid weather as to make the operation of shakers now in use of great annoyance and by constructing an agitator of the kind shown, the salt or other condiment which has become hard in the holder can be easily loosened and by shaping the agitator to conform to the configuration of the holder, the salt which has become hardened along the sides and corners of the holder will be readily loosened. This is particularly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing wherein I have shown a condiment holder having curved sides and a curved bottom and the agitator mounted therein being curved to conform to the shape of the holder.

The agitator which is shown as being preferably made of one continuous piece of wire is bent downwardly as at 10, 11 and 12 to conform to the configuration of the inner surface of the holder and is bent transversely as at 13, 14 and 15 so that the contents of the holder may be also loosened in the central portion of the holder as well as around the edges thereof. It will be noted that in Fig. 2 the lower transverse portion of the agitator is curved to conform to the bottom of the holder but this portion may be also straight as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing to conform to the shape of the bottom of holders which are not curved.

The transverse portion 16 is adapted to be bent to conform to the lower face of the perforated cap, whereas in the drawing it is shown to be parallel with the base of the holder. This portion 16 may be alsocurved or bent in any other shape to conform to caps or other holders which are so curved.

In practice the agitator is first bent to conform to the inner surface of the holder as hereinbefore described. The upper end thereof is then bent and inserted through the central aperture formed in the cap 13' and a portion thereof is bent as at 17 to conform to the outer configuration of the cap and the extremity of said agitator is bent as at 18 to form a suitable operating handle. It will be seen from the foregoing that the portions 16 and 17 when rotated will scrape the inner and outer face of the cap, thereby keeping the same clean and clear from the condiments which have become moistened and hardened about the same. It is to be understood that this agitator may be of any length and may have as many bends formed therein as desired, but it is to be understood that the said agitator shall be preferably constructed of one continuous piece of wire and the parts thereoi": lie in the same plane. It will be further apparent from the drawing that the agitator is depending within the holder and the arms 16 and 17 contacting the upper and lower face of the cap limit the movement of the agitator when in operation.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Leo ters Patent, is

In combination with a condiment holder having a perforated cap, an agitator revoluto the lower inner periphery of said holder, said wire then being bent into parallelism with said end and in proximity to the upper inner periphery of said holder, a portion of the opposite end of said Wire lying in engagement with the inner face of said per- :t'orated cap, and a portion, extending in parallel relation with said last mentioned port-ion, lying in engagementwith the upper face of said cap, and terminating in a handle for the purpose set forth.

NORMAN WV. EU DALY.

Witnesses CHARLES l/V. RENHART, VIRGIL C. KING.

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